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mutex

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President Bush Will Nominate John Roberts as Chief Justice
« on: September 05, 2005, 07:15:49 am »
No link yet, but the news is that Bush is going to nominate the yet to be confirmed justice Roberts to replace William Renquist as cheif justice.  Personally, I think that's a bad idea, as he has no experience in the supreme court.
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Re: President Bush Will Nominate John Roberts as Chief Justice
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2005, 06:29:42 pm »
It is odd that someone without any bench time would be appointed cheif justice.
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Re: President Bush Will Nominate John Roberts as Chief Justice
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2005, 06:32:02 pm »
Cheif justices don't have much power beyond a regular justice, but it is a prominent position.  The other members must be pretty peeved.

The other interesting thing is that Roberts is relatively young - 50's, which means he'll be on the court for a long long time.
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